John Rapp

John A. Rapp (born 1952) is an American political science professor teaching at Beloit College, USA since 1986. He primarily specialises in "Chinese politics, Communist and post-Communist systems, comparative democracies and electoral systems, and Chinese and comparative political thought."

He contributes regularly to both the publication and the conferences of the Anarchist Studies group. In 2012 Continuum published his book Daoism and Anarchism: Critiques of State Autonomy in Ancient and Modern China as part of their Contemporary Anarchist Studies series. The book won appraise for its contribution to advancing the political context of Daoism and the Dao. He is currently working on a biography project on Issachar J. Roberts, the 19th century southern Baptist China missionary who served as mentor and advisor to the leaders of China’s Taiping Rebellion.

He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.